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Public meetings roundup: College Place planning board looks at preapproved housing

College Place’s Planning Commission will meet to discuss allowing pre-approved housing plans for small and modest builds as…

Business

L’Ecole No. 41 toasts tradition, celebrates 40 years in Walla Walla Valley

LOWDEN, Wash. — For 40 years, L’Ecole No. 41 has been producing world class wines from the vineyards…

Business

State grants help Walla Walla hospitality businesses recover from pandemic losses

WALLA WALLA — As the vision of vacant and closed buildings recedes with the wane of COVID-19, the…

Northwest

Climatologists foresee strong El Nino

A strong El Nino has a two out of three chance of forming by this winter, the National…

Agriculture

Washington farmworker receives award for cherry picking innovation

PASCO — When Luis Alejandro Barrera picked cherries, the straps on the harness holding the bucket would cut…

Agriculture

Labor recruiter WAFLA offers money management classes for farmworkers

OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. — About two dozen foreign farmworkers in north-central Washington are taking classes to help them…

Northwest

Walla Walla Community College acquires new 3D technology to enhance health care teaching

WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla Community College students and professors are in for a new experience this fall…

Northwest

Whitman College partners with Posse Foundation for recruitment

WALLA WALLA — Starting in 2024, Whitman College will receive a cohort of 10 students from Chicago each…

Northwest

College Place receives $427K loan to help design new water storage tank

Designs for a new above-ground water reservoir near the wastewater treatment plant in College Place will be partly…

Northwest

UI-led researchers receive $6 million to study rural perception of climate change

MOSCOW, Idaho — How people in rural communities perceive climate change — as it relates to extreme heat,…

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